H9001–/וַ–v

And they said unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us: what is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear Jehovah, the God of the heavens, who hath made the sea and the dry [ergänzt: land].

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this thou hast done? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of Jehovah: for he had told them.

וַיִּֽירְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they said unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that because of me this great tempest is upon you.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But the men rowed hard to regain the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they cried unto Jehovah and said, Ah, Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.

וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.

וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְטִלֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.

וַיִּֽירְא֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽזְבְּחוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּדְּר֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

וַיְמַ֤ן (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”

and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי (וַֽ) va “and”

For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי (וַ) va. “and”

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth [ergänzt: closed] upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

וַתַּ֧עַל (וַ) va. “and”

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.

וַתָּב֤וֹא (וַ) va. “and”

And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [ergänzt: land].

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּקֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

And Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!

וַיָּ֤חֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

וַֽיַּאֲמִ֛ינוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְבְּשׁ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

וַיִּגַּ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַ֣ס (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;

וַיַּזְעֵ֗ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

וְנִחַ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֛ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them, and he did [ergänzt: it] not.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (וַ) va “and”

And it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

וַיֵּ֥רַע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֖חַר (וַ) va “and”